Shoe-polisher.



No. 718,990. PATENTED JAN. 27, 1903.

J. W. EDGERTON.

SHOE POLISHER.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.11, 1902.

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JOSEPH 1V. EDGERTON, OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA.

SHOE POLISHER.

SPEGIFTCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,990, dated January 27, 1903.

Application filed October ll, 1902.

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it kn own that 1, JOSEPH W. Enenn'ron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Island, in the county of Hall and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Polisher, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe-polishers, more particularly for polishing russet, patent leather, and enameled shoes, and has for its object the production of a simply-constructed and efficient device for supporting a fabric polisher in position to be readily operated.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and specified in the claims, and illustrated in the drawings.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure 1 is a perpective View of the device complete. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the resilient handle member detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a portion of the polishing fabric, illustrating the manner in which it is prepared for attachment to the handle member.

The improved device comprises a resilient handle member and a fabric polishing member substantially of tubular form and detachably connected to said handle member and maintained thereby in distended position.

The handle member will preferably be of wire of sufficient size and resiliency to maintain the fabric member in distended position, but may be formed of metal in other than wire shape or of resilient wood or other suitable II] aterial, and I do not, therefore, wish to be limited to any specific material from which to construct the handle member. The handle member is shown formed of a single piece of wire bent to shape with central longitudinal members 1O 11 1:2, two of the members formed into substantially circular loops 13 14; at the ends, with the remaining member coiled about the looped members at their juncture with the loops, as shown at 15 16, and their ends being extended into the loops 13 14 and terminating in hooks, as shown at 17 18, the hooked ends bent inwardly toward the center of the han- Serial No 126,888. (No model.)

dle. The longitudinal members 10 12 are distended centrally and provided with a transverse clip 19, bent at its ends for engagement with the members, as shown, thus maintaining them in their distended position. The handle member thus formed will be sufficiently resilient to maintain the looped ends 13 14c normally separated, as shown in Fig. 2.

The polishing member consists of a strip of suitable material-such, for instance, as flannel or other fabric 20-gathered at the ends, as at 21 in Figs. 1 and 3, and the gathered portions drawn over the looped ends 13 14, as shown in Fig. 1, this action causing the strip of fabric to assume a substantially tubelike form, conforming in outline to the loops and stretched tightly between them by the resiliency of the handle member, as will be obvious. The gathering of the ends of the fabric affords a secure means for maintaining the polishing member in position upon the handle member by the resiliency of the handle member; but to increase the stability of the connection between the two parts the ad- 7 jacent edges of the fabric are engaged by the hook members 17 18, as indicated in Fig. 1, the tension of the handle member serving to maintain the polishing member firmly in position, while at the same time sufficiently yieldable to enable it to adapt itself readily to the irregularities in the surface of the shoe when in use.

The handle member will be of sufficient length to enable the movement of the polisher to be sufficiently prolonged to produce the requisite friction. In practice it is found that the handle member should be about eighteen inches long to produce the best results; but these dimensions may be altered, as required, and I do not therefore Wish to be limited to any specific sizes for any of the parts.

The handle member, as before stated, will preferably be of wire of sufficient strength to insure the desired resiliencysuch, for example, as steel wire.

The device is very simple and inexpensive in construction, strong and durable, and adapted to enable the fabric polisher to be rapidly and conveniently moved over the shoe to polish it and by its peculiar form and yieldableness will readily reach every part of the shoe.

It will be noted thatin mydevice the ends of the polisher member when in position upon the handle member are substantially wedgeshaped, which enables the polishing material to be inserted into contracted crevices between the soles and uppers of the shoes and other parts which would otherwise be inaccessible. This is an important feature of the invention and adds materially to its efficiency and operativeness. The rounded form of the loops 13 14 is also an important feature of the invention and adds materially to the efficiency of the device by maintaining the polishing fabric in its substantially tubular form under all conditions, wherebya much larger polishing-surface is presented to the shoe and'a corresponding increased rapidity of action insured.

Changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. Adevice of the character described comprising a handle member of resilient material formed with lateral enlargements at the ends, and a substantially tubular polishing fabric engaging said enlargements and yieldably sustained thereby in its distended position, substantially as described.

2. A device of the character described comprising a handle member of resilient material formed with lateral enlargements at the ends, and a substantially tubular polishing fabric having its ends closed and engaged by said loops and thereby yieldably sustained in its distended position,substantially as described.

3. Adevice of the character described comprising a handle member of resilient material provided With substantially circular lateral enlargements at the ends, and a polishing member consisting of a fabric web with the ends gathered and engaged over said enlargements, whereby said polishing member is maintained yieldably in a substantially tubular form, substantially as described.

4. Adevice of the character described comprising a handle member of resilient material provided at its ends with lateral enlargements inclined from the vertical, and a polishing member consisting of a fabric web with the ends gathered and engaged over said enlargements, whereby said polishing member is yieldably maintained in a substantially tubular form and withinclined circular ends, substantially as described.

5. Adevice of the character described comprising a handle member of resilient material formed withsubstantially circular loops at the ends with backwardly-turned hooks projecting into said loops, and a substantially tubular polishing fabric supported by said loops and engaging said hooks and yieldably supported bysaid handle member in distend ed position, substantially as described.

6. In a device of the character described, a handle member comprising spaced bars of resilient material formed with lateral enlargements at the ends and centrally distended and provided with a transverse clip supporting said bars at said distended portion, and a fabric polishing member of substantially tubular form engaging said enlargements and sustained thereby in distended position, substantially as described.

7. A device of the character described comprising a handle member formed of a single piece of Wire bent to shape with the central portion of spaced longitudinal members having laterally-extending loops at the ends and with backwardly-bent hooks projecting into the loops, said spaced bars distended centrally and held in their distended position by a transverse clip, and a polishing fabric of substantially tubular form engaging said loops and hooks and yieldably maintained thereby in distended position, substantially as described.

8. A device of the character described comprising a handle member formed of a single piece of wire bent to shape with the central portion of spaced longitudinal members having laterally-extending loops at the ends, said spaced bars distended centrally and held in their distended position by a transverse clip, and a polishing fabric of substantially tubular form engaging said loops and yieldably maintained thereby in distended position, substantially as described.

.9. As a new article of manufacture, a handle for shoe-polishers formed of a single piece of resilient wire bent to shape with the central portion of spaced longitudinal members having laterally-extended loops at the ends and with backWardly-bent hooks projecting into the loops, said spaced bars extended centrally and held in their distended position by a transverse clip, substantially as described.

10. As a new article of manufacture, a handle for shoepolishers formed of a single piece of resilient wire bent to shape with the central portion of spaced longitudinal members having laterally-extended loops at the ends, and a transverse clip formed of a sheet-metal plate bent around said spaced members and supporting them in their distended position, substantially as described.

11. As a new article of manufacture, a handle for shoe-polishers formed of a single piece of resilient wire bent to shape with the central portion of spaced longitudinal members, two of said members expanded into transverse loops at the ends and the remainder of said members coiled around said looped members at their junctures with said looped portions and extended into said loops and terminating in backwardly-bent hooks, substantially as described.

12. As a new article of manufacture, a handle for shoe-polishers formed of a single piece of resilient Wire with the central portion In testimony that I claim the foregoing as formed of spaced longitudinal members, two my own I have hereto affixed my signature in of said members expanded into transverse the presence of two witnesses.

loops at the ends and the remainder of said I JOSEPH W. EDGERTON. members coiled around said loops at their Witnesses: juncture with said looped portions, substan- H. P. TUCKER,

tially as described. C. H. STEINMIER. 

